1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.“Mendicants, there are these three searches.2.2Katamā tisso?What three?2.3Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.2.4imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā”ti.These are the three searches.”

2.5Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.6Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Kāmesanā bhavesanā,“The search for sensual pleasures, <j>for continued existence,3.2brahmacariyesanā saha;and the search for a spiritual path;3.3Iti saccaparāmāso,the holding tight to the thought, ‘this is the truth’,3.4diṭṭhiṭṭhānā samussayā.and the mass of grounds for views—

4.1Sabbarāgavirattassa,for one detached from all lusts,4.2taṇhakkhayavimuttino;freed by the ending of craving,4.3Esanā paṭinissaṭṭhā,that searching has been relinquished,4.4diṭṭhiṭṭhānā samūhatā;and those grounds for views eradicated.4.5Esanānaṁ khayā bhikkhu,With the ending of searches, a mendicant4.6nirāso akathaṅkathī”ti.is free of hope and indecision.”

5.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

5.2Chaṭṭhaṁ.